Press

Endorsements for The People’s Map

Crain's Chicago Business: What Chicago needs: A people's map

WGN: ‘The People’s Map’: Reform groups’ reimagining of Chicago’s 50 wards unveiled

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Remaps should empower citizens. They’re empowering the powerful instead.

Chicago Community Trust: The Importance of a City Ward Remapping Process that is Transparent, Incorporates Community Voice, and Strengthens Resident Representation

Metropolitan Planning Council: City ward redistricting provides opportunity for greater community representation

Hyde Park Herald: Why we should use the People's Map

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicagoans must have a voice in ward remap process

Chicago Sun-Times: Let the people vote on a fair and equitable ward map

Block Club Chicago: One Neighborhood, 6 Aldermen: Why Englewood Residents Are Pushing For A More Unified Ward Map

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: The remap turf war is ridiculous. When will Chicago’s aldermen put voters before themselves?

Press Conferences and Releases

Join the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission

Diverse Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission to launch ward map work with Chicagoans
(Press conference recording here)

The People’s Map Release

The People Present The People’s Map Ordinance to the City Council
(Press conference recording here)

Letter to Mayor Lightfoot on Chicago’s Remap

CHANGE Illinois Action Fund & The People’s Map Forge New Path in Collaboration With Coalition Map

The People’s Coalition Map Formally Launches Referendum Campaign
(Press conference recording here)

City Council members’ inaction blocks map the people helped shape

CHANGE Illinois Action Fund statement on remap deal

Council members map another decade of broken government and politics

Media Coverage

Chicago Sun-Times: CHANGE Illinois kicks off campaign to create independent commission to redraw Chicago's ward boundaries

Chicago Tribune: Nonpartisan group launching independent efforts to draw new Chicago ward maps

McKinley Park News: McKinley Park Deserves To Be in a Single Ward

WTTW: Groups Join Forces to Form Independent Commission to Redraw City's Ward Map

The Daily Line: Group launches plan to establish independent advisory commission to redraw Chicago's 50 wards

The Block Club: The City's Ward Boundaries Are Decided By A Few Powerful Aldermen. What If Maps Were Drawn 'For Chicagoans, By Chicagoans' Instead?

WLS AM: We need a fair way to redraw Chicago's ward boundaries

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Get fired up, Illinois. Redistricting is underway. Your future depends on it.

Chicago Tribune: Op-ed: Chicago’s next ward map can change a neighborhood’s fate. Let the people draw the lines.

Chicago Sun-Times Change Illinois showcases 13-member ‘people’s commission’ to draw new ward boundaries

Crain's Chicago Business: A panel aims to dilute aldermanic control by drawing a new ward map free from gerrymandering. Aldermen already have mixed feelings on the idea.

WGN: After backroom drawings in past, attention turns to making Chicago ward maps more fair

The Daily Line: Independent ward remap group unveils commissioners, expecting to gain aldermanic support ‘along the way’

Lawndale News: Diverse Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission to Launch Ward Map Work with Chicagoans

WBBM Newsradio: AT ISSUE: Remaps and Govt Reforms 06-13-2021

WTTW: Efforts to Draw New Chicago Ward Map Getting Started

Chicago Tribune: With remap of Chicago wards pending, Latino aldermen aim to protect, and expand, their City Council footprint

WBEZ: Could A Ward Map Drawn By Citizens, Instead Of Aldermen, Become A Reality In Chicago?

WTTW: City Council to Start Drawing New Maps July 26 Behind Closed Doors

Chicago Crain’s Business: What's really at stake in Chicago's ward remap

Chicago Crain’s Business: 13 rays of hope in a dark time, just in case you need them

McKinley Park News: Redistricting Commission Provides Taste of Potential Ward Boundaries

WBEZ: How Chicago’s Ward Remapping Will Happen, And How You Can Get Involved

The Daily Line: Asian American ward, Census recount inquiry among grab-bag of pitches offered in remap hearing

Chicago Crain’s Business: The latest on the process of reworking Chicago's ward map

The Beverly Review: Input needed on ward remap

Crain’s Chicago Business: Will a remap battle pit Asian community against Daley clan?

Fox 32: ’The People's Map' redraws Chicago, creates city's first majority Asian ward

WGN: ‘The People’s Map’: Reform groups’ reimagining of Chicago’s 50 wards unveiled

WTTW: Independent Commission Unveils Proposed Ward Map, As Focus Shifts to City Council Battle

Crain’s Chicago Business: Can outsiders get a city ward map to a public vote?

WBEZ: Chicago group pushes for independent city ward map

The Daily Line: Hearing on remap reform delayed as aldermen dive into redrawing their own ward boundaries

Block Club Chicago: One Neighborhood, 6 Aldermen: Why Englewood Residents Are Pushing For A More Unified Ward Map

Crain's Chicago Business: What Chicago needs: A people's map

Chicago Tribune: Chicago gained Latino and lost Black residents in 2020 Census. Latino aldermen want new city council ward map to reflect population shift.

Crain's Chicago Business: Chicago gets first look at possible new ward map

WTTW: Lines Drawn in Coming Battle Over New Ward Map as Latino Caucus Reveals Plan

NBC Chicago: Chicago Community Leaders Push For Asian Majority Ward As City Council Considers New Map

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Remaps should empower citizens. They’re empowering the powerful instead.

Chicago Community Trust: The Importance of a City Ward Remapping Process that is Transparent, Incorporates Community Voice, and Strengthens Resident Representation

Metropolitan Planning Council: City ward redistricting provides opportunity for greater community representation

Crain's Chicago Business: The remap drama dominates the week ahead in Chicago politics

Block Club Chicago: Chicagoans Will Get Another Chance To Weigh In On City Ward Remap This Week

Hyde Park Herald: Why we should use the People's Map

ABC 7: Redrawing Chicago wards map sets off battle between Black, Latino caucuses

Block Club Chicago: As City Council Fights Over Ward Boundaries, A Resident-Backed Map Is Delivered To City Hall — With No Aldermanic Support

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicagoans must have a voice in ward remap process

Chicago Sun-Times: Let the people vote on a fair and equitable ward map

Crain's Chicago Business: City remap process turns to chaos, upping odds of referendum

CBS Chicago: City Council Expected To Vote On New Ward Map Wednesday, But Public Has Not Seen It

WGN: With no new ward map yet, City Council feuding continues ahead of deadline

WTTW: ‘The People’s Map’: Organizations Create Ward Maps Made by Communities

NBC Chicago: Chicago Aldermen Face Ward Map Deadline

The Daily Line: Aldermen head ‘back to the table’ on remap, drawing out talks as Lightfoot heads to D.C.

Yahoo News: Chicago's Black and Latino leaders clash over redrawing of ward map

Chicago Sun-Times: 15 City Council members flex referendum muscle

CBS Chicago: City Council Latino Caucus Moves To Put Proposed Ward Map On 2022 Ballot For Voter Referendum

Illinois News Today: Latino caucuses of the city council move to put a map of the wards proposed for the 2022 vote for voter voting – CBS Chicago

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: The remap turf war is ridiculous. When will Chicago’s aldermen put voters before themselves?

Fox 32: Next step in ward map fight: 15 City Council members flex referendum muscle

WTTW: How the Wards Get Their Shapes and Why You Should Care: A Voices Crossover Conversation

WTTW: Battle Over Chicago’s Ward Map: A Voices Crossover Conversation

McKinley Park News: Latino Caucus Ward Map Keeps McKinley Park Whole

Chicago Sun-Times: Put people over politics in ward remap

Chicago Sun-Times: Madeleine Doubek, Executive Director of Change Illinois discusses "The People's Map"

Chicago Sun-Times: Voters know being kept out of the redistricting process is not in their best interest

McKinley Park News: Development Council Advocates for Latino Caucus Ward Map

Chicago Tribune: Keep South Loop in one ward

WBEZ: Chicago aldermen make little progress toward compromise on ward map

Block Club Chicago: Concerns — And Campaign Plans — Mount As Chicago’s Remap Battle Drags On

WTTW: Independent Commission Backs Chicago Ward Map Crafted by Latino Caucus

Chicago Sun-Times: Latino Caucus forges alliance with ‘people’s commission’ on new ward map

Crain's Chicago Business: Latino Caucus picks up major reinforcement in ward map fight

WBEZ: An effort to redraw Chicago’s wards into a ‘People’s Map’ ends

Wall Street Journal: As Black Exodus Continues in Chicago, Latino Caucus Seeks Stronger Voice

Block Club Chicago: Voters Should Decide On Chicago’s New Ward Map, Latino Caucus And Independent Group Say As They Join Forces To Push For Referendum

WGN: Action fund, Latino Caucus team up to support ward map

Chicago Tribune: In the bitter Chicago ward remap fight, a new alliance: the Latino Caucus and a community-led activist group

McKinley Park News: New Coalition Ward Map Keeps McKinley Park Whole

Chicago Sun-Times: Latino Caucus chairman ‘1,000% certain’ voters will decide new ward boundaries

Axios Chicago: Ward remap likely heading to voters

The Daily Line: Tweaking Latino Caucus ‘Coalition Map’ on June primary ballot faces ‘uncharted territory’ in election law

Crain’s Chicago Business: Chicago ward remap battle heads to voters

WTTW: Racially Polarized Debate Over Chicago Ward Map Moves Closer to Referendum

Block Club Chicago: Chicagoans Could Vote On Ward Map For First Time In 30 Years As Alderpeople Send Rival Version To Ballot

Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s ward remap fight moves closer to a ballot referendum

Public News Service: Advocate: Fair Redistricting Process in IL Could Curb Power Brokering

Crain’s Chicago Business: This battle is down and dirty even by Chicago standards

Chicago Sun-Times: Ward remap referendum still not a done deal

Beverly Review: O’Shea joins aldermen supporting Chicago United Map

The Daily Line: Amid remap deadlock, aldermen compete to overhaul process ahead of next decade’s redraw

Crain’s Chicago Business: Everything you need to know about Chicago's ward remap process

WTTW: 30 Days Left for City Council to Reach Deal on Chicago Ward Map

Crain’s Chicago Business: Remap gives Lightfoot a real chance to lead—as only a mayor can

Crain’s Chicago Business: Why you should care about this seemingly arcane thing: the shape of your ward

Chicago Sun-Times: Mayoral allies oppose suspending rules to allow vote on revised City Council map proposal

Fox 32: Chicago aldermen oppose suspending rules to allow vote on revised ward map proposal

WTTW: Showdown Set Over Ward Remap as Deadline Looms

Chicago Tribune: Silvana Tabares: Redistricting Chicago: Why Chicago politics is too much like sports